Benham, Jessie Angeline Evans
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Jessie Angeline Evans Benham Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 2265
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of materials, predominately correspondence and press coverage, regarding Jessie Angeline (Angie) Evans, with the bulk focusing on her support of school integration while student council president at Van Buren High School in Van Buren, Arkansas. Her remarks at a school board meeting in 1958 made national and international news, and she was featured in publications such as Life, Time, and ...
Dates:
ca 1935-2017; Majority of material found within 1958-1959